A review on advanced atrioventricular block in young or middle-aged adults

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1395-1405

  Barra, Sérgio Nuno Craveiro ^a   Providância, Rui ^a   Paiva, Luís ^a   Nascimento, José ^a   Marques, António Leitão ^a  

^a CENTRO HOSPITALAR E UNIVERSITÁRIO DE COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

atrioventricular block etiology; cardiac conduction; complete atrioventricular block

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EBSTEIN ANOMALY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MYOCARDITIS; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84868643779     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2012.03489.x     Document Type: Review

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